Pirate: I, Buggy, am the Emperor, the Emperor of the Clown King!

The cabin of the pirate ship was dimly lit, with only a thin beam of light leaking in through the porthole, shining directly on that section of the nose.

It was a bright red.

It is round and big.

"Tsk tsk tsk~"

The time traveler stared at himself in the mirror once again, and had been staring for almost half an hour.

"...Is this reasonable?"

He lowered his voice and gritted his teeth at his face, which was covered in a little bit of paint, in the mirror.

While Captain Bucky in the original comics does have a red nose, having it actually on your own face creates a completely different kind of impact.

He tried to turn his face to the side, but his nose still stubbornly protruded forward.

He tried to look down, and his nose became even more noticeable in the shadows.

...That big red nose is really uncomfortable to look at.

"Couldn't it be a villain like Aizen?"

He covered his face in anguish, "Even a black beard would be nice... Wait, a black beard doesn't seem to work either..."

The faint sounds of arguing outside the window pulled him back from his resentment towards his nose.

The time traveler should now be called Bucky.

Yes, Bucky the Clown.

A man whose name should never be read backwards.

He sighed and continued sitting on his bed.

No matter what, Buggy is the captain of a pirate ship, so his living conditions are not bad. He doesn't have to squeeze into a dormitory like ordinary crew members.

The system interface floats at the edge of the field of view.

The icon, which looks like a spinning circle when a webpage loads, is still slowly spinning, and the progress bar is gradually increasing at 97%.

"Wait and hope," Bucky muttered, pulling his coat over himself even tighter.

Of all the people to dress up as, why not Bucky the Clown?

Although she's jokingly called "Conqueror's Haki Luck," she's actually not very strong and is just a comedic relief.

The only hope now is that thing that's still spinning, which is probably part of the system.

The arguing outside grew louder and louder.

"Kabaji, you've been glancing into the captain's cabin a lot lately." That was the voice of the beast tamer, Mochi.

He was questioning the loyalty of another companion.

"I'm only concerned about the captain's condition," Chief of Staff Kabaji's voice was a bit higher-pitched. "But you, Mochi, are always wandering around the deck with that lion. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were the captain on this ship."

He also questioned the loyalty of another companion.

"What did you say?!"

You know perfectly well what I'm saying.

There was a loud bang, as if something had hit the deck.

Then came the lion's low growl; Leakey was clearly also stirred up by his master's emotions.

"Come on, let your lion try it and see if my knife is faster than its teeth!"

"Kabaji, I've disliked you for a long time!"

Outside, chaos reigned, with shouts, footsteps, and the sounds of weapons being drawn mingling together from the cries of lowly pirates.

Lively and chaotic, that's what pirates are all about.

Bucky sighed again.

He has been hiding for three days.

Over the course of three days, these people outside argued at least five times.

Mochi is loyal but short-tempered.

Kabaji is cunning and suspicious.

Without Bucky the Joker's restraint, these two together would be like a powder keg meeting Mars.

Buggy wasn't worried about internal strife. Even as a transmigrator, he had the strength to suppress the entire pirate ship on his own.

Bucky simply doesn't like having his abnormality exposed; it's a lack of security he feels.

Bucky felt that even if he were to be exposed, he should do it voluntarily.

The system progress bar has now jumped to 98%.

"Forget it." Bucky stood up, stretched his neck, and said, "If we drag this out any longer, they'll probably just break in."

Pirates are just pirates, but Buggy the Clown's unusual behavior these past few days has clearly given his subordinates some ideas.

That's normal. If you have no ambition at all, why would you go to sea and become a pirate?

While Pakistani was waiting in his room these past few days, the cabin door had been knocked on several times.

It's like being embraced by a pack of wolves, the only problem being that the one being embraced by the wolves is a tiger.

Instead of waiting to be forced in, it's better to go out yourself; it makes no difference anyway.

Bucky the Joker donned the enormous cloak and sensed the strange power within him.

The power of the Split-Split Fruit is like an instinct, an instinct to freely control different parts of the body and fly.

In the past three days, he has become somewhat familiar with this body.

While it can't be said that it unleashed Buggy's full potential, it was more than enough.

Especially used for pretending to be a ghost or spirit.

Bucky made his hands and feet float up, holding up the edges of the cloak, causing the entire cloak to inflate like an air pump.

...This is something Bucky the Clown would use later, but he can use it now.

...After all, this method itself does not involve any high-end application of the fruit; it is merely an idea.

The cabin door was a bit short for Ba, who was disguised as a [giant], but when he stepped out, everyone had to look up at him.

The sunlight was a bit too bright, so Bucky squinted and spoke at full volume:

"Stop arguing! Why don't you stop?"

The deck became so quiet that you could hear the sound of the waves.

This demonstrates Buggy the Clown's dominance over the Buggy Pirates.

Mochi's whip was still raised in the air.

Kabaji's knife was still pointing in Mochi's direction.

The lion named Leakey bared its teeth, frozen in a comical pose.

Everyone turned to look at the enormous figure that emerged from the cabin.

The enormous cloak covered his entire body, with only a face painted with greasepaint visible, its iconic red nose gleaming in the sunlight.

[Progress: 99%]

Bucky glanced at his men and began to raise his voice.

"It's so noisy!"

"what!"

"It's so noisy!"

"I'm sleeping in the cabin, and you guys are making more noise outside than if your parents had died."

"What, are you trying to incite the navy to come here, or are you trying to choose a new captain ahead of time?"

No one dared to respond to that last, doubtful question.

As everyone knows, seizing power on a pirate ship is an extremely dangerous act.

Buggy the Clown is very authoritative on the pirate ship.

Although in the original story, he becomes a comedic character later on.

But in the early stages, Bucky was ruthless in killing.

It means literally, a vicious and ruthless pirate.

Mochi slowly lowered his whip.

Kabaji also sheathed his knife.

The lion retracted its bared teeth, yawned, and pretended that it hadn't done anything.

Bucky took a step forward, his enormous cloak swaying with his movement, making it look like some kind of behemoth was moving.

He was actually quite grateful for the fruit; although it couldn't help him fight a tough battle, it was better than nothing.

Without this fruit, Bucky felt he wouldn't be able to intimidate these vicious pirates for the next few days.

"Who do you think you are?"

"This is my boat!"

"You are my people!"

"I won't allow you to spend your days doing pointless things!"

"Answer my question!"

"Why are you following me?" Bucky's voice was low, but precisely because it was low, it was impossible to tell what he meant.

"Is it to just coast along on this sea, or to one day make sure everyone fucking remembers my name?"

No one answered.

No one needs to answer.

Bucky looked around, taking in everyone's expressions, and then said, slowly and deliberately:

"I'm going to be the Pirate King."

He himself felt a bit immature when he said that.

But the effect was good.

The eyes of everyone on the deck, from Mochi to Kabaji to the lowest-ranking soldiers, lit up for a moment.

"An ambition to devour the world!"

"A lust to dominate the world!"

"Conquering the world is what we should be doing!"

"Therefore, I demand that you give your lives for me!"

"Brutal is fine!"

"Cunning, if you will!"

"Obey my decisions and obey my commands!"

"Use your lives to write my grand ambitions and empire."

"I have no guilt about it!"

"For this, I have no shame!"

"I have no regrets about this!"

"I would do anything for this!"

So feel free to dream about me!

"So feel free to follow me!"

"So you must become me!"

"The day I become the Pirate King, all of you will be his crew."

Bucky continued, his tone carrying an air of self-righteous arrogance.

"By then, what won't you have what you want?"

"Everything in this world is in our hands!"

"Gold and silver treasures, fame and status... as long as you follow this captain, you can have everything you need."

Or perhaps—

He paused, his gaze falling on Kabaji, then shifting to Mochi.

"You have some less-than-pleasant ideas about me, Captain?"

silence.

Then someone shouted "Long live Captain Bucky!"

Immediately, the entire ship erupted in cheers, a chaotic cacophony of shouts filling the air, as the soldiers brandished their weapons like they were on steroids.

Mochi and Kabaji exchanged a glance, each snorted, but stopped confronting each other.

...Clearly, these pirates fall for this kind of threatening and bribing tactic.

Bucky watched this scene and silently gave himself a thumbs up.

Although this body's strength is average, Buggy in the original story was able to rise to the position of one of the Four Emperors, and that was by no means just luck.

After all, one stroke of luck is just that—luck.

But if it's all just luck every time... then you should consider whether you're hiding your true abilities.

That mouth, that aura, that ability to manipulate people—it's all genuine.

Bucky the Clown does have some abilities.

Just then, the system icon at the edge of the field of vision suddenly flashed.

[Progress: 100%]

[Related systems have started successfully]

[The gathered hope transformed into the prayers of the stars]

[Special dream crystals collected from Bucky]

[Received a special draw qualification]

[Currently available tags: Male, Clown, Split Ability, Pirate, Captain]

[Please select]

Bucky paused for a moment, then burst into laughter inwardly.

This is a kind of system cheat he set up when he wrote novels before. It basically searches for a suitable target from other worlds, activates the target, and materializes the illusory information into reality.

To put it simply, it's about copying an empty shell and then filling it with stuff.

As for why he was so sure, it was because of this line, "The hope that gathered has turned into the prayer of the stars," which he had copied from someone else's lines.

Bucky kept a straight face, continuing to enjoy the cheers of the crew while pondering what to smoke.

Because the cheat software was part of the game design he worked on before, he has some understanding of it.

It wasn't very well written at the time, and I don't know how many revisions I made after leaving the company.

Now that time travel has become his talent, how much it has changed is a mystery.

male?

The scope is too broad; what if we select an "ordinary male"?

Dividing ability?

To be honest, it doesn't seem strong no matter how you look at it... Does Sukuna's slash in Jujutsu Kaisen count? After all, it splits the opponent in two.

Pirates?

Great pirates are indeed awesome, but let's not even mention pirate cannon fodder.

captain?

For the same reason as above, the lower limit is too low.

His gaze fell on the third label.

[clown]

...I still feel the lower limit is too low.

But the Joker?

Bucky touched his face.

The most obvious label on Bucky the Joker is indeed [Joker].

Moreover, in various horror movies, TV shows, films, anime, and novels, clowns usually have two special skills.

Even if we take a step back and assume that an ordinary clown has developed some special skills through physical training, he will still have some unique abilities.

Someone who can be a clown in a circus can't be a complete waste of space.

...So, no matter how you look at it, the [Joker] label should be chosen, right?

No matter how you look at it, it's the one with the highest bottom line.

After all, Bucky couldn't judge whether these five labels were good or bad.

Ultimately, this was only his first time using the system.

—Draw the [Joker] label.

The system interface went dark for a moment, then black light surged from the center, churned, converged, and finally settled into a mask.

That was a clown's face.

To be precise, it's a mask that covers the upper half of the face.

The right half is pure black.

The left side is pure white, with scratches on the white half of the eye socket and a bright red heart drawn above it.

The corners of his mouth beneath the mask were slightly upturned, as if he were smiling, or perhaps mocking something.

[Extract Template: Dark Masters - Clown King]

[Relationship Analysis: High Match with the Tag "Joker"]

[Save to your backpack, please check]

Bucky stared at the instructions on the interface, completely stunned.

The Dark Masters...The Clown King?

In that Digital World, who gathered the Dark Masters, sealed the Four Holy Beasts, and established Dark Tornado Mountain?

Bucky can be said to be very impressed with [the Joker].

There's no particular reason; it's simply because of the name in the translation.

The vast majority of Digimon, from Koromon to Alphamon, have "mon" in their names.

However, [Clown King] is an extremely rare exception.

Although Piedmon can't keep up with the top tier of Digimon.

But this characteristic, as translated from the name, is still quite noticeable.

The system notifications continued to scroll.

[System activated by my master. The following functions are now enabled.]

[①Paid Draw: Consume 10 Special Dream Crystals for a Super Draw with a guaranteed powerful character]

[②Paid Enhancement: Consumes 10 Special Dream Crystals to perform a super enhancement on an existing ability, forcibly raising the ability's progress to the highest level.]

[③Normal Draw: As you progress through the main story and obtain Normal Dream Crystals, you can perform one Normal Draw.]

[④ Normal Enhancement: Consumes Normal Dream Crystals obtained from progressing through the main storyline to perform a normal enhancement on an existing ability.]

[Currently, the convertible dream crystal is: Devil Fruit]

[Chronicle of Major Events: The historic meeting of the main characters (the trio), the alliance with Alvida, the reenactment of Roger's execution in Loguetown (Luffy's version)... a global live broadcast of his confrontation with the Yonko Shanks... becoming a Shichibukai, establishing the "Pirate Dispatch Company - Buggy Delivery" as a Shichibukai, becoming the guild master of the Cross Guild... ascending to the throne of the Yonko... defeating the strongest Loki, and dominating the world.]

Bucky's gaze swept over the feature descriptions, especially the long timeline of major events.

A crystallization of dreams... Considering the mechanics... I wonder if those artificial Devil Fruits count... and what their conversion rate is?

Bucky's gaze fell on the icon in the backpack.

[The Dark Lords - Clown King] is very strong... Although he can't compare to those overpowered characters who appeared later in the game, it doesn't mean that Clown King is weak.

The clown Buggy clicked on [Clown King] on the system interface.

Just kidding, of course we should use it without hesitation now.

Having more ability is always a good thing.

——Character Manifestation Card

Name: Clown King

• Rank: Ultimate

Type: Demon

• Attribute: Virus

• Suitable for: NSo Nightmare Soldier

Current completion rate: 1%

• Introduction: The leader of the Dark Four Heavenly Kings, commanding the Nightmare Legion, and guarding the top of Dark Tornado Mountain. He is extremely arrogant, cruel, and skilled at psychological manipulation, taking pleasure in the despair of his opponents. He is highly mysterious, and his true identity is unknown to anyone.

• Appearance: Clown suit, black and white mask, sword sheath on his back • Magic box with four swords representing the four suits of playing cards; slender figure, elegant and ghostly movements.

• Core Skills: Ace Throwing Knife (10%), Clown Magic (Unlocked), Destruction Aurora (Unlocked), Flying Sand and Stones (Unlocked), Masked Plaza (Unlocked).